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Psalm 90

Psa. 90:12 KJV (With Strong’s)

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So teach
yada` (Hebrew #3045)
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.) (as follow)
KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-)awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, X could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-)norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, + be learned, + lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, X prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), X will be, wist, wit, wot.
Pronounce: yaw-dah'
Origin: a primitive root
us to number
manah (Hebrew #4487)
properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll
KJV usage: appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
Pronounce: maw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
our days
yowm (Hebrew #3117)
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
KJV usage: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.
Pronounce: yome
Origin: from an unused root meaning to be hot
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bow' (Hebrew #935)
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: abide, apply, attain, X be, befall, + besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, X certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, X doubtless again, + eat, + employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, + follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, + have, X indeed, (in-)vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, X (well) stricken (in age), X surely, take (in), way.
Pronounce: bo
Origin: a primitive root
our hearts
lebab (Hebrew #3824)
the heart (as the most interior organ); used also like 3820
KJV usage: + bethink themselves, breast, comfortably, courage, ((faint), (tender-)heart((-ed)), midst, mind, X unawares, understanding.
Pronounce: lay-bawb'
Origin: from 3823
untof wisdom
chokmah (Hebrew #2451)
wisdom (in a good sense)
KJV usage: skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
Pronounce: khok-maw'
Origin: from 2449
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cause to come.
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Prov. 4:7• 7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. (Prov. 4:7)

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Psa. 39:4• 4Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am. (Psa. 39:4)
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Deut. 32:29• 29O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! (Deut. 32:29)
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Eccl. 9:10• 10Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest. (Eccl. 9:10)
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Luke 12:35‑40• 35Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning;
 36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
 37Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.
 38And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.
 39And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.
 40Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. (Luke 12:35‑40)
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John 9:4• 4I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. (John 9:4)
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Eph. 5:16‑17• 16Redeeming the time, because the days are evil.
 17Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. (Eph. 5:16‑17)
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Job 28:28• 28And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding. (Job 28:28)
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Prov. 2:2‑6• 2So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;
 3Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;
 4If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;
 5Then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
 6For the Lord giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. (Prov. 2:2‑6)
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Prov. 3:13‑18• 13Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
 14For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
 15She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
 16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor.
 17Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
 18She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. (Prov. 3:13‑18)
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Prov. 4:5,7• 5Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.
 7Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. (Prov. 4:5,7)
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Prov. 7:1‑4• 1My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee.
 2Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye.
 3Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart.
 4Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: (Prov. 7:1‑4)
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Prov. 8:32‑36• 32Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.
 33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
 34Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
 35For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favor of the Lord.
 36But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. (Prov. 8:32‑36)
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Prov. 16:16• 16How much better is it to get wisdom than gold! and to get understanding rather to be chosen than silver! (Prov. 16:16)
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Prov. 18:1‑2• 1Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.
 2A fool hath no delight in understanding, but that his heart may discover itself. (Prov. 18:1‑2)
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Prov. 22:17• 17Bow down thine ear, and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my knowledge. (Prov. 22:17)
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Prov. 23:12,23• 12Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.
 23Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. (Prov. 23:12,23)
apply our hearts.
Heb. cause our hearts to come.
• A wise heart is one that fears God. The beginning of wisdom is the fear of God. (“Psalms 90” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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So teach us to number our days, that we may acquire a wise heart.